Hi Stephen,
This is exactly what I have been warning people about all these years, and exactly why I argue that the CC-NC licenses are more free than the so-called 'free' CC-by icense. If UOP is using CC-By licensed materials, then they are legitimately part of the OER movement, and even the 'free content' movement, according to the definition. But nobody can access their stuff because it's behind a paywall. I don't mind people making money from open educational resources. But throwing up a paywall and calling it free is offensive to the concept, even though that's exactly what the pro-commercial CC-by license allows and even encourages. -- Stephen
On Monday, 3 September 2012 20:08:06 UTC-3, Wayne Mackintosh wrote:Hi SteveGiven the demand for access to post-secondary education, we need hundreds of institutions which will offer more affordable access to post-secondary education.It appears that there are further limitations to freedom and openness. While UOP advocates they are part of the OER movement and use OERs for their courses -- I can't establish how to gain access to their course materials without paying the registration fee and the website is all rights reserved.It would be great if institutions providing more affordable access to open education would share back any value additions based on OERs they have received freely.Wayne--
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